On Saturday, November 9, 2019 at 2:22:51 AM UTC-6, Alan Grayson wrote: > > > > On Friday, November 8, 2019 at 3:47:15 PM UTC-7, Alan Grayson wrote: >> >> >> https://gizmodo.com/a-round-universe-would-be-bad-news-for-physicists-1839647806 >> >> Personally, FWIW, I don't believe the universe is open. When physicists >> claim it is "flat", they must mean "asymptotically flat", leaving the >> possibility of really being closed. AG >> > > Is it a "crisis" because a closed universe is not expected to be > accelerating in its expansion? AG >
The paper is premised: Current theories of the universe, which describe its age, size, and how it evolves over time, are built around a flat spacetime. Huh? e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loop_quantum_cosmology @philipthrift -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/4512e08d-694b-4441-a9c3-c97da5584b3b%40googlegroups.com.
